RECORDS, 1852-1998
SCOPE & CONTENT
Oberlin College supported the missionary endeavors of Protestant organizations both at home and abroad. During meetings of the organizations, members listened to missionaries tell of their efforts and of the lands where they labored, heard their letters read, discussed the work of the various missions, and gave support by donating monies. One result was that a number of young people went into careers as missionaries. (For a good resume of Oberlinžs early connection with mission activities see Delavan L. Leonard's The Story of Oberlin, Ch. XII, "Oberlin's Contribution to Missions," p. 11.)
Scope and Content Note
The records are as follows:
- Student's Missionary Society of Oberlin College, 1852-64 (1 vol.).
- Minutes and financial information.
- Young Woman's Missionary Society, 1879-94 (4 vols. & 1 folder).
- Minutes and financial information. This organization began as the Young Ladies' Missionary Society.
- Oberlin Band of Student Volunteers for Foreign Missions, c.1886-1927 (3 vols. & 2 folders).
- Includes minutes and deputation committee records plus information that student members supplied about their own personal backgrounds. The student volunteers were sponsored by the YMCA and the YWCA. Also scrapbook with photos, etc., from Oberlin and abroad, 1920s.
- Oberlin Union Missionary Society, 1867-70 (29 pp.).
- Organized for the purpose of promoting missionary spirit in the churches and among the students. The members of the committee were chosen from the First and Second Congregational Churches, Oberlin, Ohio, the College faculty and students. The records consist of minutes of meetings.
Provenance
The records were received from the 0berlin College Library in 1979 and 1981 (accessions 1979/2 and 1981/8). Readers should also consult the unpublished "Guide to the Missionary Sources in the Oberlin College Archives."
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